Then, in order to maintain his control over the trolls, Chieftain Orgrim would definitely force Zul'jin to go to the altar, and he would not allow Zul'jin to die on the altar.
Now, Duke has made the right bet.
Gul'dan withdrew early, leaving only an altar that still had considerable energy.
When the rune stone was intact, Duke couldn't risk causing a group of elf girls to go berserk by attacking the rune stone without authorization, and he didn't have the skills to do so.
When Gul'dan wanted to get the rune stone, he didn't have the ability to deal with a former demigod sorcerer who was now a Sun-level villain. Moreover, Orgrim and the elite trolls were all here at the time, and if only a few people came here, it would be a big deal.
It's all different now.
Things that were taken away by the enemy were taken away by another group of allies. The rule in this world is that the allies are the new owners of the things. If you want to return the things to the original owners, you must pay a corresponding price.
Even though there were four Windrunners here, they didn't think there was anything wrong with what Duke did.
Duke bowed slightly to show respect to the important person behind him.
"Archbishop Faol, Uther, thank you for your help."
Gul'dan's evil magic is hard to guard against. Duke would never want to touch that kind of strange power beyond imagination unless it is absolutely necessary.
To purify the evil, professionals are needed. For this purpose, Duke, who had been prepared, personally invited two great gods from the Church of Holy Light and provided round-trip teleportation services.
Archbishop Alonsus Faol nodded with a smile: "Let me see."
After a moment, Alonsus smiled and said, "The Gul'dan you mentioned is indeed a very evil and powerful warlock. But I found that he seemed to have some reservations and did not completely pollute these rune stones. The curse left on them is not too strong. I can remove it in a few minutes."
"Then I'll leave it to the Archbishop. If possible, please try not to make too much noise."
Duke is definitely playing with fire right now.
the Horde's vanguard was less than 30 kilometers away, and the Horde's main force was more than 20 kilometers away. If there was any big noise, the Horde's dragon knights would be here in no time.
But Duke has to seize the opportunity.
The rune array of the high elves is a complete defense system consisting of eight runes. Gul'dan destroyed two more runes besides this one, so the huge power gathered by the rune stones from this land will soon dissipate because of the destruction of the rune stones.
Once you miss this opportunity, you will miss it.
If you want to get a super low price on High Elves, this is the only chance, there will be no other chance.
In fact, these rune stones were processed by countless elf wizards and craftsmen, which took hundreds of years, and nearly a thousand years to fully debug.
You can imagine how precious it is.
In just a few minutes, Faol finished the work of exorcising the evil magic. He had a warm smile on his face: "My job is very simple. It is the restoration of the rune lines embedded on it that is the bigger project."
Duke sighed, "That's my problem."
Without hesitation, he opened a portal to send Faol and Uther away. If the Archbishop, a great god, accidentally failed in Quel'Thalas because of his risky plan, Duke bet that Lothar would definitely fight him to death.
"And then?" Sylvanas put her hands on her hips. "Don't tell me, Duke, you're going to spend ten days or half a month here to rebuild these... rubbles?"
Sylvanas actually wanted to say that the rune stone fragments that were completely destroyed were powdered, and each piece was not much bigger than a bean. Regardless of whether it could be put back together like a puzzle, even if it was put back together, how much use could it have?
Duke was silently saying in his mind at this moment: "Hey, system AI, get to work."
"Hey, my host, you really can order people around?"
"Huh? Is there anyone there? Where is there? Why can't I see him?" Duke looked around but not at what was in front of him.
"Host, you have lost your moral integrity. You were not before." The system AI complained sharply.
"Stop talking nonsense and get to work." Duke glared.
A series of system prompts pop up:
"Begin scanning! Analyze the damaged shapes of each rune stone... Start comparing... Mage's Hand, activate!"
Under the astonished gazes of the guys who followed, more than two hundred wizards' hands quickly picked up large and small pieces of gravel from the ground, and then glued them together with special glue that had been prepared in advance.
Gavinrad next to him rolled his eyes while holding a hammer, looking like he was acting like the boss was not a human being.
The wizard's hand was flying at high speed, with all kinds of dazzling intersections.
At the beginning, Veresa, who had the most vigorous curiosity among the Windrunner sisters, tried to follow the movement of Duke's Mage's Hand with her eyes. Unfortunately, Veresa quickly became dizzy.
Looking like she was about to faint, Vereesa took the opportunity to lean on her eldest sister's shoulder and asked in a low voice: "Sister - is your boyfriend really a human?"
There was great embarrassment on Alleria's face.
Boyfriend? Alleria had never really thought about this word. Although they both had a vague feeling that it was the case, the final veil had never been broken. Suddenly being called out by her own sister, Alleria's face was full of burning sensation.
To admit? Or not to admit? That is the question.
Recognize? How much to recognize? This is also a question.
At this moment, Sylvanas suddenly came to the rescue of her eldest sister: "Humph! Want to pick the most beautiful and mature flowers of our Windrunner family? You should ask our three sisters first."
Vereesa decisively followed suit.
Alleria looked at Veresa, her sister who had a similar appearance to her but with bright silver hair, and felt a mixture of emotions in her heart.
She didn't know how to tell her sister that if they succeeded in saving Quel'Thalas, she and Sylvanas would become Duke's vassals as agreed. She felt reluctant to part, but at the same time, she felt that this was a good thing.
While the three sisters were having a little fun, Duke had already finished reassembling the rune stone.
A fully 3D runestone pattern that was magnified ten times suddenly appeared in Duke's mind. After comparing Gul'dan's Storm Altar array with the runestone's magic pattern, the system finally came up with a result.
This is the result of hundreds of years of calculations by thousands of elven wizards.
Just like how he had deduced a complete spell from the simple magic model he had just come across, Duke easily deduced how the complete Storm Altar system worked based on the remaining substances.
"Alright." Duke raised his hand, and the rebuilt rune stone immediately dissipated with the wind. He turned his head to the remaining huge rune stone fragments. Duke almost used Gavinrad as a 3D printer, holding Gavinrad's arm with the hand of a wizard, and began to instruct him to process it.
After a full hour of hard work, a brand new storm altar appeared in front of everyone.
"Young man, do you desire power?" Duke asked Gavinrad without thinking.